WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 904; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 865. The average score for Château Palmer is 931, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Palmer they use words like Fruit, Full, Black, Tannins, Sweet, Long, Rich, Licorice, Deep, Purple, Dark, Dense, Ripe, Silky, Velvety. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Palmer: Superlative, Creme, Garde, Peppermint, Herbs, Strawberry, Wild, Superripe, Toasted, Flamboyant. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (14% vs 13.06%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2005 (14% vs 13.1%). The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 34 years (by 2050). It normally takes wines from Château Palmer around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 17 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Latour 2003, Château Latour 2005; but better value alternatives would be Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Giscours 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Palmer 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-26 |
gbp |
179 |
| 2015-04-04 |
gbp |
183 |